Thunder Bay residents observe Remembrance Day
A number of Remembrance Day ceremonies were held in Thunder Bay and across the region on Tuesday.
At Fort William Gardens, people started arriving about 30 minutes before the ceremony.
Those in attendance varied in age — from babies, toddlers and students, to those old enough to remember the Second World War.
The traditional laying of the wreaths took place after two minutes of silence.
There was a different decoration this year: a cross, decorated with coins stamped with poppies. A young girl had made it and asked a Thunder Bay police officer to take it to the ceremony for her.
Mention was made of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo and Warrant Officer Patrick Vincent, both of whom were recently killed while in service to their country.
"All these people, they just really opened their hearts to veterans and to the people who are serving to protect Canada. We have a nice ceremony down in Superior, and it's terrific, but it's not this," he said.
Later, there was the traditional passing of the torch as the ceremony ended.
Services were also held in the Thunder Bay area at the Waverley Park cenotaph and at the Fort William First Nation cenotaph on Mount McKay.
Robin Rickards was a corporal with the Lake Superior Scottish Regiment, and participated in four tours overseas including in Afghanistan.
Rickards said that for him the ceremony is "reinforcement of the fact that the Canadian public values the service that Canadian Forces members have done and continue to do in their honour."
Video below is from the service at Waverley Park: